Search

Reset

Searching with a thematic focus on Environment, Norway

Showing 361-370 of 483 results

Pages

  • Document

    Country assessments of the state of environmental movement in Nepal

    Development Fund, Norway, 2008
    Nepal faces myriads of environmental challenges as the country steadily industrialised and urbanised these challenges continue to grow both in size and complexity. This paper reviews the trends and activities of environmental organisations in Nepal, reflecting the weaknesses and constrains that they face. The main findings of the paper are:
  • Document

    Baseline study: country assessment of the state of the environmental movement in Malawi

    Development Fund, Norway, 2008
    This paper examines the obstacles that face the implementation of environmental policies in Malawi. The It presents some recommendations in order to advance the growth of environmental movement and its linkages with other players.
  • Document

    Civil society and the environmental movement in Ethiopia: country analysis

    Development Fund, Norway, 2008
    This report deals with the progress of environmental organisations in Ethiopia, and the difficulties they face. The paper deems that with consistent efforts, systematic change of approaches, strengthened networking and competence development, the contribution of NGOs and CSOs could increase. The main findings of the paper are:
  • Document

    Environmental change agents: EMiS Annual Report 2008

    Development Fund, Norway, 2009
    The Environmental Movement in the South (EMiS) vision is to contribute to sustainable development through strengthening southern environmental organisations’ position in the civil society. This report reflects the overall outputs of EMiS programmes, and reviews three detailed examples.
  • Document

    We are environmental change agents: report: environmental advocacy workshop Nairobi, 2-4 June 2009

    Development Fund, Norway, 2009
    This report covers a three day environmental advocacy workshop in Kenya, which aimed to empower organisations and individuals for environmental policy advocacy and campaigning. Important issues were raised in the workshop, such as "how can we be better in influencing the environmental agenda", and "how can we ensure that environment is put higher on the political agenda".
  • Document

    Home gardens sustain crop diversity and improve farm resilience in Candelaria Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico

    Springerlink, 2009
    The home garden is an integral part of smallholders’ production strategies. This paper investigates how home gardens are integrated into local farming practices and how these influence biodiversity in Candelaria Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico. The paper finds that home gardens harbour high levels of biodiversity.Further findings include:
  • Document

    Environmental goods collection and children’s schooling: evidence from Kenya

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
    This study examines the link between environmental goods collection and children's schooling in Kenya. It proposes that, as resources becomes more scarce, households will invest more time in collecting them and this will adversely affect the children’s school attendance and performance.The main findings of the study are:
  • Document

    Afforestation subsidy under asymmetric information and transaction cost in developing countries: does rural capital market imperfection matter?

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
    This paper deals with the design of voluntary contract of afforestation subsidy in developing countries, where there are substantial variations among farmers in terms of land value. The dispersion in the land value is due to critical difficulty in capital market, where the rate of return to land is determined by household rate of time preference.
  • Document

    Urban energy transition and technology adoption: the case of Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
    Urban centers have long been dependent on the rural hinterlands for about 90 per cent of their fuel needs in Ethiopia. This paper investigates urban energy transition and new technology adoption in Ethiopia as a way of reducing the pressure of urban centers on the rural hinterlands.
  • Document

    Teaching climate change and health: the contribution of development studies and sustainable development

    European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, 2008
    This paper focuses on development, sustainable development and the relationship between them with respect to climate change and health. The paper presents three cases created to bring together both development and sustainable development perspective.

Pages